Yahoo News Donald Trump just tweeted about the wrong mass shooting
Donald Trump has responded to a mass shooting in California by appearing to confuse it with another killing spree that happened over a week ago.
Four people were killed in Northern California yesterday after a gunman opened fire in a number of locations, including an elementary school.
The President tweeted shortly afterwards: ‘May God be with the people of Sutherland Springs, Texas. The FBI and Law Enforcement has arrived.’
May God be with the people of Sutherland Springs, Texas. The FBI and Law Enforcement has arrived.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2017
A mass shooting took place at a baptist church in Sutherland Springs on 5 November, leaving 26 people dead.
Trump’s tweet this morning closely mirrors one he sent in the wake of the shooting earlier this month.
May God be w/ the people of Sutherland Springs, Texas. The FBI & law enforcement are on the scene. I am monitoring the situation from Japan.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 5, 2017
His statement this morning left people baffled, and was met with accusations that Trump had ‘copied and pasted’ a previous message and forgotten to change the location.
He used the same tweet for Texas and California. Forgot to change State. Another rubber stamp. Disrespectful. Careless. pic.twitter.com/sDKQSAnT2t
— James Costos (@JamesCostos) November 15, 2017
Did u just copy & paste this & forget to change the city?
— Name cannot be blank (@cadillaccannon) November 15, 2017
What about the shooting here in California? That happened TODAY!!
— Nicole Hickman James (@nicolejames) November 15, 2017
Yesterday’s deadly shooting in California began in Rancho Tehama, a rural community 120 miles from Sacramento.
The gunman killed four people and injured a further 10, before attempting to enter an elementary school. He was later shot dead by police.
School officials managed to initiate a lockdown and no children were harmed.
Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said that the school staff’s decisions saved children’s lives.
He told reporters: ‘The shooter literally took his vehicle and rammed their fence and gate, entered the grounds on foot with a semiautomatic rifle.’
Two of the victims were neighbours of the unidentified shooter.
‘It was a bizarre and murderous rampage,’ Sheriff Johnston said.
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He added the 45-minute spree ended when a patrol car rammed the stolen vehicle the shooter was driving and killed him in a shootout.
Mr Johnston said the shooter was facing charges of assaulting one of the feuding neighbours in January and that she had a restraining order against him.
‘I think the motive of getting even with his neighbours and when it went that far – he just went on a rampage,’ the Sheriff said, confirming that there was a “domestic violence” report on Monday involving the gunman, but did not provide any further details.
At least one of the victims has life-threatening injuries.
Mr Johnston declined to identify the shooter until his relatives were notified, but he confirmed the gunman was charged with assault in January and had a restraining order placed against him.
The district attorney, Gregg Cohen, told the Sacramento Bee he is prosecuting a man named Kevin Neal in that case.
